LETTER OF TRANSM1TTAL. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF FORESTRY, 

 Washington, D. C., June 26, 1903. 

 SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the man- 

 uscript of the second half of " A Primer of Forestry," 

 and to recommend its publication as Bulletin No. 24, 

 Part II, of this Bureau. The second part (Practical 

 Forestry) deals with the practice of forestry, with 

 work in the woods, and with the relation of the forest 

 to the weather and the streams, and concludes with a 

 short account of forestry at home and abroad. 



The illustrations are from photographs in the collec- 

 tion of the Bureau of Forestry, some of which were 

 contributed by gentlemen not members of the Bureau, 

 to whom I desire to express my acknowledgments. 

 Respectfully, 



GlFFORD PlNCHOT, 



Forester. 

 Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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